9) HTTP & Web Services Lesson

Make a GET Request in Postman

3 min to complete · By Ryan Desmond, Jared Larsen

Contents

  1. Introduction
  2. Set up the GET Request in Postman API
  3. Execute the GET Request in Postman API
  4. Summary: Postman GET Request

With the Postman API client installed and ready to go, it's time to make your first GET request outside your usual web browser.

This lesson will walk you through the GET request setup and execution step by step.

Set up the GET Request in Postman API

  1. Open Postman

  2. Open a new tab using the plus button, as shown in the image below.

add a new connection target button in postman

  1. On your new tab, confirm the HTTP method is set to GET.

  2. Paste this URL to the right of GET:
    http://demo.codingnomads.co:8080/tasks_api/tasks

postman get request

Execute the GET Request in Postman API

  1. To execute the request, press Enter on your keyboard or click the blue 'Send' button.

  2. Wait for the response to show up below. The response should look similar to the request made in your browser earlier.

Summary: Postman GET Request

That's it! You've successfully made a GET request using Postman. You're now ready to explore more advanced requests. The subsequent lessons will dive deeper into Postman's capabilities for API requests.

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